Treatment of Contaminated Personnel

[Jim Casto <Jim.Casto@ehs.ucsb.edu>]

Radsafers,
Can anyone please direct me to where guidance documents or such can be 
reviewed regarding emergency medical treatment of personnel who are 
also contaminated. We were challenged on this recently during a 
training class where we indicated that emergency
medical treatment of contaminated personnel should have priorty over 
concern for potential contamination of emergency responders. What 
what would be most helpful are guidance documents for non-health 
physics types (e.g., EMTs, hospital personnel, fire,etc), which I
can use as a reference.  Our university uses almost exclusively
low to medium level beta emitters  in typical wet chemistry lab
operations-our most likely scenario for contamination.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Jim Casto
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Jim Casto
Radiation Safety Officer
Department of Environmental Health & Safety
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA. 93106
(805) 893-3588
(805) 893-8659 fax
Jim.Casto@ehs.ucsb.edu


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